Song of the Day: Pluto - Goodbye Girl

The weekend was filled with so many events. Let's start by looking at Friday. I spent the whole time studying for Evolution, which I think wasn't;t as hard as I expected. We'll see I guess. Anyways, studied till like 3 a.m. in the SLC until I couldn't open my eyes.

Saturday started at 8:30 with a Science and Business conference called "Keys for Success" and a success it was. Sci Biz kids definitely had it going on. The organizers attracted quite the number of companies out this year. It's good to see that industry recognizes Waterloo for something other than computer science and engineering. I had the chance to talk to a couple of industry representatives, which were great. I had the chance to ask questions that only they could give insight into. Someone was quoted as saying that it was funny that I was referencing journal articles and news articles. My answer is that I did my homework - plain and simple. If I'm interested in something, I'd usually try and find out as much as I can. I'm deeply interested in the Canadian biotechnology/pharma industry and I follow it because it's interesting to me. I just didn't want to ask boring questions that a rep might be faced with all the time from forums like this. After talking to the Merck Frost development manager for quite some time, my interests in regulatory affairs is apparently boring. I think I was rubbed the wrong by this lady as well. My interests weren't her field of specialty, so I guess I was boring her with questions. Anyways, the rest of the informal discussions went really well. It's really good to ping questions to industry experts to get an inside view of something that might be augmented in the media. The more I go to these functions, the more I'm enthralled with interests in the industry. If anything, these conferences make we want to pursue additional education more than anything else. All in all, great experience. I hope this event blows up and gets more attention to science at Waterloo.

As for the evening, the Science Grad Ball was exactly 45 minutes from the time I got home from this conference. So with a 5-minute suit change, I was ready. Had a blast, seen some old and new faces. Everyone looked great too. And contrary to anyone else's opinion, I thought the comedian Amie got was funny. Before I leave you, here's a few pics from the Grad Ball: